Street Photography with Wing Young Huie

Last week, we had our first fully off-site workshop with renowned local photographer Wing Huie, who met students at his gallery and studio and then embarked on an afternoon of photographing unknown subjects on Franklin Avenue. As a technique for photographing strangers, the students asked their subjects a range of questions and then recorded their responses on chalkboards, which were then included in their photographs.

This is a technique Huie used in his Lake Street and Frogtown projects:

Come visit the gallery to see the students’ fabulous work! Student videos and photos from workshops with Xavier Tavera, Peter Haakon Thompson, and Wing Young Huie are now on view.